Changes in thymic regulatory T-cell maturation from birth to puberty: Differences in atopic children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tulic, Meri K ^a   Andrews, David ^b   Crook, Maxine L ^b   Charles, Adrian ^b   Tourigny, Michelle R ^c   Moqbel, Redwan ^d   Prescott, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

allergy; atopy; children; immune maturation; Regulatory T cells; sensitization; thymus

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 84455208146     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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